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    <h2 id="couldnt-find-end-token-eof-in-the-here-document">Couldn't find
end token <code>EOF</code> in the here document.</h2>
<h3 id="problematic-code">Problematic code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="SC1044.html#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">cat</span> <span class="op">&lt;&lt; EOF</span></span>
<span id="cb1-2"><a href="SC1044.html#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">  Hello World</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="correct-code">Correct code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="SC1044.html#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">cat</span> <span class="op">&lt;&lt; EOF</span></span>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="SC1044.html#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">  Hello World</span></span>
<span id="cb2-3"><a href="SC1044.html#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="op">EOF</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="rationale">Rationale:</h3>
<p>The <code>&lt;&lt;</code> here document (aka heredoc) was not
properly terminated. The terminating token needs to be on a separate
line without indenting (or indented with tabs only when using
<code>&lt;&lt;-</code>).</p>
<p>Note that you can not put here documents in one liners. For such use
cases, use a <code>&lt;&lt;&lt;</code> here string:</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="SC1044.html#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">cat</span> <span class="op">&lt;&lt; EOF</span>  <span class="ex">hello</span> world  EOF   <span class="co"># Wrong: data and terminator can not be on the same line</span></span>
<span id="cb3-2"><a href="SC1044.html#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">cat &lt;&lt;&lt; &quot;hello world&quot;          # Correct</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="exceptions">Exceptions:</h3>
<p>None</p>
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